I'm involved in poverty alleviation in a primitive tribe.

The witch raised her head, her reddened eyes standing out even more on her fair face: "No, the Tao tribe is powerful and has many war pets. What good things do they lack? Why would they care about the Yushu? They attacked our tribe for only one reason: they don't want us to grow and become a new great tribe."

Jiang Ning was puzzled. The world was so big, and there were so many prey. What impact could one large tribe have on the Tao tribe, which was far away in the central region?

Seeing the confusion on everyone's faces, the shaman explained, "Our original territory was near the Ma tribe. The Tao tribe intended to support the Ma tribe to become a new large tribe, so naturally they couldn't let us get there first. After our tribe was destroyed, the Ma tribe took over our territory and captured our people."

At this point, she hesitated for a moment: "It seems... there is some grudge between the Tao tribe and the Yu tribe. I don't know the specifics of the grudge, but I do know that the two tribes are hostile to each other. However, the distance between the two tribes is too far. The Tao tribe has to travel a long way to the territory of the Yu tribe. Not only is the journey long, but there are also many ferocious beasts along the way. In the end, they may not be able to defeat the Yu tribe at all."

"The Fish Tribe lives on an island, and everyone in their tribe is skilled in water. On that sea, the Fish Tribe is practically invincible. The Fish Tribe can also control the seawater to attack using their war pets. I wonder if Jiang Wu has ever seen the ocean. When a giant wave comes crashing down, it's almost impossible to fight back. The Tao Tribe wanted to support a new large tribe nearby to deal with the Fish Tribe. It seems that the Tao Tribe also approached us, but they were probably rejected."

"During that disaster, everything was done in a hurry, and the inheritance I received was incomplete, so there are some things I am not sure about. The Ma tribe lives on hemp, and their battle pets are also various exotic plants. Exotic plants are more difficult to reproduce than ferocious beasts. The Ma tribe has taken a liking to our tree-cultivating system, and also to our tribe's exotic plants."

Jiang Ning nodded and looked directly into the witch's eyes: "Since you know that our Jiang tribe is an alliance of many small tribes, then we cannot risk offending the Ma and Tao tribes for your sake, disregarding the safety of our own tribes."

The other dozen or so shamans in the council hall breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Although they longed to obtain the Tree of Life, they were not willing to risk their lives for it.

The shaman confidently said, "I know, that's why I brought some conditions that you won't refuse."

Jiang Ning remained expressionless as she looked at the crowd, whose faces were filled with a mixture of curiosity and fear.

According to the shaman, the tribe was once so powerful that they must have possessed many valuable items.

The people in the council hall were both curious about what conditions would make them risk offending the major tribes, and also terrified that they might not be able to refuse the benefits brought by the shaman and thus put their own people in danger.

"Do you want to hear it?" Jiang Ning asked the group.

No one answered immediately. The Lotus Witch whispered to the Bamboo Witch sitting next to her, and the Bamboo Witch then said something to the Stone Witch next to her.

The clam witch on the opposite side also started chatting with the red fox witch. The seed witch was a black witch, so her hearing was naturally excellent. She could clearly hear the shrike witch and the tiger witch who were closest to her discussing what to do.

The witch sat quietly in her chair, looking down at her fingers, patiently awaiting their decision. She believed that no one could refuse her.

After a long while, the council hall finally quieted down. Jiang Ning looked at the expressions on everyone's faces and already had the answer in his heart: "Tell me, what conditions can't we refuse?"

The witch's tightly furrowed brows relaxed abruptly, as if the unease in her heart had been soothed. She raised her head and said, "My people are skilled at growing all kinds of food and can also keep ferocious beasts in their territory for them to eat at will."

Jiang Ning shook her head: "Did you look at the other side of Lotus Lake when you came? That area is all our Jiang tribe's planting land. We Jiang tribe people are not short of food. Your so-called irresistible conditions are of no appeal to us."

The shaman had been secretly searching for a suitable tribe to attach himself to for many years, so he naturally knew about this matter.

Therefore, she was not disappointed, but continued without changing her expression: "My people escaped with many seeds of exotic plants with extremely high talent during the crisis. As long as we cultivate them, the Jiang tribe will immediately have a large number of helpers. I know that there is a Lotus tribe in the Jiang tribe that uses the Giant Lotus as its battle pet. Coincidentally, our tribe brought a lot of Giant Lotus seeds with us."

The Lotus Witch, who had been called out, sat calmly in her chair, pretending not to have heard what the Seed Witch had said.

At this moment, she couldn't afford to say the wrong thing.

Jiang Ning smiled noncommittally: "Is such assistance enough to deal with the Tao and Ma tribes?"

The witch gave a wry smile: "Of course not, but we still have the Nurturing Tree and the real Nurturing Spring. With these two things, the Jiang tribe will never lack war pets and food again. The strength of the Jiang tribe will also increase rapidly, and at that time, more people will attach themselves to the Jiang witch."

Jiang Ning looked at her: "Real Yuquan water?"

The witch doctor asked, "Have you ever heard that the Nurturing Tree grows in the Nurturing Spring?"

“Of course I’ve heard of it,” Jiang Ning nodded.

"When the Zhong tribe was destroyed, the Ma and Tao tribes dug out the Yuquan spring and removed all the stones from it, thinking that they were the real core stone. In fact, they were wrong. The real core stone grew together with the Yushu tree, and the Yushu tree took root on the core stone."

"The nurturing of trees and the spring stones influence each other, which is why the spring water has such an effect. The spring stones they moved away were simply soaked in the spring water for a long time, which is why they acquired some of the effects."

“If they use it every day, those stones will eventually become ordinary stones. The real Yuquan spring is different. As long as the Yu tree is alive and the core stone is still there, the Yuquan spring will never run dry.”

Jiang Ning recalled the Spring Heart Stone given to her by the Black Scale Tribe, which required soaking for a long time to have any effect; now she understood why.

She nodded: "That sounds very tempting, but compared to a behemoth like the Tao tribe, it's nothing."

After being repeatedly rejected, the chieftain of the tribe showed some frustration, but the shaman remained calm: "Shaman Jiang, do you know why only large tribes have spirit crystal mines?"

Jiang Ning shook her head. She had asked Hua Rong before, but Hua Rong didn't know the answer either.

No matter what, the Blackscale Tribe is, in the end, just a lower tribe active in the Nu River basin.

According to Jiang Ning's own understanding, these spirit crystal mines were too precious, and only large tribes had the strength to protect them.